Crystal
Chapter 6
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Pain. Sorrow. Inuyasha felt these things in a breath's time. Memories flashed before him. Yet, it was not his feelings he felt, nor his memories he saw. They were of the girls'. 'That child... Crystal.' He looked into her eyes, and knew no more...
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"INUYASHA!" Kagome screamed as she saw his body grow rigid, then fall to the scorched and barren earth, twisting limply like a discarded rag doll. His eyes faced the sky, dull and uncomprehending. His skin was cold, his chest still. "No...Please no.... I- I need you.... Oh god..." Kagome said. She walked up to his body, slowly, as if he might still be alive, and the slightest movement would break that connection to this plane. When she saw his still frame, though, she whimpered. The sound broke out into a cry, and then she screamed as she ran over to Inuyasha's body. She knelt down and cradled his head. "No! Please! You can't be gone! Please...." Her body was racked with innumerable sobs as her voice lowered. "I love you too much... You can't be dead... Inuyasha." Kagome turned her head to look at Crystal. She had floated back too the ground and collapsed. Her clothes were burnt and her hair mussed. Sesshomaru came over to help her up, but then decided to simply stand over her. Crystal raised her head. She looked dazed and tired, as well as confused beyond belief. Yet, Kagome saw none of this.
"Wha- what happened...?" Crystal asked shakily. She then convulsed.
"You...little..." The voice came from Kagome. She had her eyes covered by her bangs. Her scent reeked of immeasurable anger. "How...dare you..." Her voice seemed forced, as well as deadly... So soft was it, that normal people could not tell she was speaking. She brought her head up. Her eyes were red from crying Crystal shivered. Her aura flared. The sheer anger emanating from her body was enough to have Crystal choking for air. "You...killed him... I don't know how... but you KILLED HIM!" Kagome's last words came out as a twisted screech, her voice raw and sharp from her sobs. Crystal felt stabbed.
Crystal shivered. "I... I don't remember.... I don't remember a th-"
"YOU LIE! YOU DARE LIE TO MY FACE, WHEN YOUR CRIME IS PRESENT, RIGHT BEFORE YOU?!" Kagome yelled, blood streaming from her nose as her stress built up. Crystal looked at Inuyasha's eyes. Her pupils dilated. Memories flooded back, her yells, his charge...and what happened afterwards.
"No...Wait..." Crystal gasped. She convulsed again, then vomited, sick and filled with terror. Then, she remembered something... A thing had come from Inuyasha's body... It was... "I have it... Oh my god... I took it from him... He's here..."
"What the hell are you talking about? I guess for all your big talk, you can't murder too lightly...." Kagome said. Crystal would have retorted, were she not hyperventilated. Sesshomaru quickly knelt down and pressed various pressure points in her neck.
"Crystal... Calm down... What are you talking about?" Sesshomaru asked. Crystal looked up.
"He's talking to me..." Crystal said, in a bit of a daze. Her crystal at her forehead suddenly flashed. Suddenly it grew and the crescent moon disappeared. A clear crystal at the center of her forehead replaced it. Her eyes blurred in momentary pain. She reached up and touched her crystal. "He's in here. Inuyasha..." Kagome blinked, now thoroughly confused. A commotion to their right distracted them.
"Kagome! Inuyasha!" Sango cried as she emerged from the foliage, Miroku closely following behind. Sango caught sight of the lifeless body in Kagome's arms. She gasped. Miroku followed her gaze. He grew rigid, then looked away. "Inuyasha...." Sango said, unbelieving. Then, she caught sight of Sesshomaru and a small girl at his feet. "You monsters!" The girl stiffened. Sango brought out her hiraikotsu, but Kagome held out an arm.
"Stop." Kagome said. Everyone, with the exception of Sesshomaru, looked at her, confusion in his or her eyes. "Explain yourself. You, the girl with the crystal, who stole the life of Inuyasha."
"I don't... understand it myself..." Crystal muttered out. Sango looked at her with menacing eyes. Miroku looked up, and hate could be seen in his eyes, hiding the sorrow behind it.
"How can that be true? You demons! You're all alike!" Sango cried. She through her hiraikotsu, and flew with more force than ever before. The ground held a scar about its path. Sesshomaru acted quickly, grabbing Crystal and flying backwards. He fled into the forest and disappeared. Sango could see he was long gone. She was dying to chase him, but Kagome's welfare came first in mind, as it did in Miroku's. "Kagome? Are you... Are you all right?"
Kagome looked up. "She said, 'He's here...', and then, 'He' talking to me....'. She was talking about Inuyasha.... What's going on?" Kagome said. "I think we should take Inuyasha to Kaede." Sango was slightly surprised that Kagome did not say Inuyasha's body, but got over it fast.
"Right. Kirara!" Kirara came over and transformed. She knelt down in front of Kagome. When Kagome did not move, Miroku came over and lifted Inuyasha's body and put it on Kirara's back. Sango walked to Kagome's form and knelt. "Kagome? Let's go." Kagome looked up and nodded. She seemed in deep thought.
"We must go to Kaede with speed." Kagome said, her voice slightly cracked, but filled with determination.
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Sesshomaru came just inside his borders when he stopped. He found a stream and gently lay down his burden. He went to the stream and brought some water out in his cupped hand. He brought it over to Crystal and let her drink. She sat up shakily.
"Crystal. I want you to explain in coherent words what is going on." Sesshomaru said tersely. He did not particularly enjoy not knowing anything. Crystal looked up, then down. She mumbled, and from her mouth came the few words.
"I...took his soul..." Then, there was darkness.
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Well... I think that could have gone a bit better.... *sees weeping readers crying for Inuyasha* Please review. Thank you.
Chapter 6
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Pain. Sorrow. Inuyasha felt these things in a breath's time. Memories flashed before him. Yet, it was not his feelings he felt, nor his memories he saw. They were of the girls'. 'That child... Crystal.' He looked into her eyes, and knew no more...
~*~*~*~*~
"INUYASHA!" Kagome screamed as she saw his body grow rigid, then fall to the scorched and barren earth, twisting limply like a discarded rag doll. His eyes faced the sky, dull and uncomprehending. His skin was cold, his chest still. "No...Please no.... I- I need you.... Oh god..." Kagome said. She walked up to his body, slowly, as if he might still be alive, and the slightest movement would break that connection to this plane. When she saw his still frame, though, she whimpered. The sound broke out into a cry, and then she screamed as she ran over to Inuyasha's body. She knelt down and cradled his head. "No! Please! You can't be gone! Please...." Her body was racked with innumerable sobs as her voice lowered. "I love you too much... You can't be dead... Inuyasha." Kagome turned her head to look at Crystal. She had floated back too the ground and collapsed. Her clothes were burnt and her hair mussed. Sesshomaru came over to help her up, but then decided to simply stand over her. Crystal raised her head. She looked dazed and tired, as well as confused beyond belief. Yet, Kagome saw none of this.
"Wha- what happened...?" Crystal asked shakily. She then convulsed.
"You...little..." The voice came from Kagome. She had her eyes covered by her bangs. Her scent reeked of immeasurable anger. "How...dare you..." Her voice seemed forced, as well as deadly... So soft was it, that normal people could not tell she was speaking. She brought her head up. Her eyes were red from crying Crystal shivered. Her aura flared. The sheer anger emanating from her body was enough to have Crystal choking for air. "You...killed him... I don't know how... but you KILLED HIM!" Kagome's last words came out as a twisted screech, her voice raw and sharp from her sobs. Crystal felt stabbed.
Crystal shivered. "I... I don't remember.... I don't remember a th-"
"YOU LIE! YOU DARE LIE TO MY FACE, WHEN YOUR CRIME IS PRESENT, RIGHT BEFORE YOU?!" Kagome yelled, blood streaming from her nose as her stress built up. Crystal looked at Inuyasha's eyes. Her pupils dilated. Memories flooded back, her yells, his charge...and what happened afterwards.
"No...Wait..." Crystal gasped. She convulsed again, then vomited, sick and filled with terror. Then, she remembered something... A thing had come from Inuyasha's body... It was... "I have it... Oh my god... I took it from him... He's here..."
"What the hell are you talking about? I guess for all your big talk, you can't murder too lightly...." Kagome said. Crystal would have retorted, were she not hyperventilated. Sesshomaru quickly knelt down and pressed various pressure points in her neck.
"Crystal... Calm down... What are you talking about?" Sesshomaru asked. Crystal looked up.
"He's talking to me..." Crystal said, in a bit of a daze. Her crystal at her forehead suddenly flashed. Suddenly it grew and the crescent moon disappeared. A clear crystal at the center of her forehead replaced it. Her eyes blurred in momentary pain. She reached up and touched her crystal. "He's in here. Inuyasha..." Kagome blinked, now thoroughly confused. A commotion to their right distracted them.
"Kagome! Inuyasha!" Sango cried as she emerged from the foliage, Miroku closely following behind. Sango caught sight of the lifeless body in Kagome's arms. She gasped. Miroku followed her gaze. He grew rigid, then looked away. "Inuyasha...." Sango said, unbelieving. Then, she caught sight of Sesshomaru and a small girl at his feet. "You monsters!" The girl stiffened. Sango brought out her hiraikotsu, but Kagome held out an arm.
"Stop." Kagome said. Everyone, with the exception of Sesshomaru, looked at her, confusion in his or her eyes. "Explain yourself. You, the girl with the crystal, who stole the life of Inuyasha."
"I don't... understand it myself..." Crystal muttered out. Sango looked at her with menacing eyes. Miroku looked up, and hate could be seen in his eyes, hiding the sorrow behind it.
"How can that be true? You demons! You're all alike!" Sango cried. She through her hiraikotsu, and flew with more force than ever before. The ground held a scar about its path. Sesshomaru acted quickly, grabbing Crystal and flying backwards. He fled into the forest and disappeared. Sango could see he was long gone. She was dying to chase him, but Kagome's welfare came first in mind, as it did in Miroku's. "Kagome? Are you... Are you all right?"
Kagome looked up. "She said, 'He's here...', and then, 'He' talking to me....'. She was talking about Inuyasha.... What's going on?" Kagome said. "I think we should take Inuyasha to Kaede." Sango was slightly surprised that Kagome did not say Inuyasha's body, but got over it fast.
"Right. Kirara!" Kirara came over and transformed. She knelt down in front of Kagome. When Kagome did not move, Miroku came over and lifted Inuyasha's body and put it on Kirara's back. Sango walked to Kagome's form and knelt. "Kagome? Let's go." Kagome looked up and nodded. She seemed in deep thought.
"We must go to Kaede with speed." Kagome said, her voice slightly cracked, but filled with determination.
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Sesshomaru came just inside his borders when he stopped. He found a stream and gently lay down his burden. He went to the stream and brought some water out in his cupped hand. He brought it over to Crystal and let her drink. She sat up shakily.
"Crystal. I want you to explain in coherent words what is going on." Sesshomaru said tersely. He did not particularly enjoy not knowing anything. Crystal looked up, then down. She mumbled, and from her mouth came the few words.
"I...took his soul..." Then, there was darkness.
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Well... I think that could have gone a bit better.... *sees weeping readers crying for Inuyasha* Please review. Thank you.